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Real photos from the 2026 festival, with more added as they come in. Tag @tampabaywff to get your photo featured.

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Guests cheering with Hendrick's gin bottles at the garden party lounge, with downtown towers behindAmuse-bouche of thin-sliced raw fish in an amber broth with cracked pepper and purple flowersGrilled octopus topped with shrimp and herbs over red pepper sauce and chickpeasCharred octopus tentacles with herb purée and crispy shoestring garnishFour friends smiling with drinks and souvenir glasses on the Curtis Hixon lawnChefs and hosts posing together on the Chef Showdown stage in front of the festival screenCrowd in sun hats watching the Chef Showdown Battle Mystery Box on the lit main stage at nightChef Robert Irvine, Chef Fernando Desa, Chef Sean Brasel and festival chefs smiling together in a restaurant kitchenChef Robert Irvine, Chef Fernando Desa, Chef Sean Brasel and fellow chefs celebrating outside Meat Market in TampaExterior of the Epicurean Hotel in Tampa, the festival's official host hotelAerial view of Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival tents and crowds on the Tampa waterfrontDinner guests at long tables raising their hands and cheering on the covered patioCrowd of guests raising their arms around chefs at the dinnerServer carrying a wooden boat of crispy bites garnished with orchidsPlatter of oysters on the half shell topped with diced tomato and purple flowersFour chefs posing together at the Meat Market entranceRows of savory waffle cones filled with fish and diced cucumberTwo plates of braised short rib over purée with microgreensGuests and chefs cheering and pointing at the camera inside Meat MarketColor guard holding flags as veterans are honored on stageColor guard carrying flags at A Salute to ServiceColor guard members saluting during the flag presentationSpeaker addressing guests from the stage at A Salute to ServiceGroup of fire rescue crew members posing together at the eventSmiling fire rescue members enjoying the eveningFire rescue guests seated together at a dinner tableCheerleaders posing with fire rescue membersFirst responders filling the patio tables at the Breaking Bread with Heroes breakfastChefs plating breakfast for a firefighter at the serving lineSheriff's deputy carrying a plate of breakfast from the serving lineChefs serving breakfast to a fire officer and guestsPlatter of croissants surrounded by plates of pastries and doughnut holesTwo cheerleaders in red posing with uniformed first responders at their tableChefs and winners holding trophy boards on the Chef Showdown stageChef in a welding mask torching a flaming pan on the Chef Showdown stageCrowd in yellow cowboy hats facing the lit Chef Showdown stage at nightPlates of sliced steak with mashed potatoes and pea shootsChef in black gloves seasoning sliced brisket during Battle SmokehouseHost with a microphone interviewing a chef as he plates dishesChef Jay Narvaez, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef Tyson Grant, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef David Reyes, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef Diego Gonzalez, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef David Lazer Benstock, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef Ahmad Alaraj, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef Nelly Buleje, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef Dion Jumapao, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef Christopher Yadid Garcia, 2026 Chef Showdown championChef Bryan Jacobs, 2026 Chef Showdown championCrowd cheering in front of white tents and the GOYA booth at the Grand TastingOystercatchers team cheering behind their tasting table at the Grand TastingMilagro Tequila's painted blue van under the downtown Tampa towersHerradura tequila bottle beside a margarita and a crate of citrusHendrick's garden lounge with a white picket fence and rose garlandsGuests lined up at the GOYA trailer patch stationFresh from Florida produce stand with baskets of vegetablesChef grinning over a giant pan of grilled clamsChef Justin Timineri cooking on the Publix demo stage for Fresh from FloridaOcho Trece team holding the Best of the Fest check on stageSysco crew posing with arms out under their tentGuests sampling plates at a long table during the Grand TastingChefs plating dishes in a busy competition kitchenGrilled meats and sides served family styleBread and wine on a candlelit dinner tableSmall plates lined up on a restaurant counterDining room of a Tampa restaurant during a festival dinnerGlasses of red wine being poured at a tasting stationCrowd gathered on the lawn at Curtis Hixon Park

In the press

All press coverage

Tampa Bay Times

Inside the Grand Tasting: 40 chefs, one riverfront lawn

“The most ambitious food festival on Florida's Gulf Coast.”

Edible Tampa Bay

How a youth nutrition nonprofit built a four-city food festival

“A genuine love letter to Tampa Bay's chef scene.”

Florida Trend

Weekend planner: Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival

“Worth flying in for. Period.”